Adding Notepad++ to Right-click New menu

I am trying to add Notepad++ to Right-click New menu on Windows 10 to replace the default notepad.
I want it to function the same as notepad.exe, just to create new .txt files with Notepad++ instead.
I tried changing to Notepad++ location in ItemName in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew, from @%SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe,-470 to %programfiles%\Notepad++\notepad++.exe,-470 but it didn't work.
Any ideas?

The create "New" text document with Notepad++ still creates a plain old text file - the same as Notepad.
But, if you just want to see an entry called "New" > "Notepad++ Document" in the context menu, then

start Notepad++ as Admin, and then go to
Settings > Preferences > File Association and then select Notepad under 'Supported extensions', pick .txt and press the Right hand arrow to transfer it under 'Registered extensions'.

This will give you the context menu for New - Notepad++ Document. If you want to reverse the change, simply go through Notepad++ as Admin and move the .txt extension back to Notepad.

das10 said:

The create "New" text document with Notepad++ still creates a plain old text file - the same as Notepad.
But, if you just want to see an entry called "New" > "Notepad++ Document" in the context menu, then

start Notepad++ as Admin, and then go to
Settings > Preferences > File Association and then select Notepad under 'Supported extensions', pick .txt and press the Right hand arrow to transfer it under 'Registered extensions'.

This will give you the context menu for New - Notepad++ Document. If you want to reverse the change, simply go through Notepad++ as Admin and move the .txt extension back to Notepad.

First, thanks a ton for your time and help!
Unfortunately that did not work. I better mention that I uninstalled notepad.exe (thus I needed to edit the registry to open any .txt file with notepad++ when pressing Right click > Edit

I have Notepad++ it has context menu option for "Edit with Notepad++" it's default context menu entry.

You can merge attached registry file to add "Edit with Notepad++" to context menu.

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\notepad++.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\notepad++.exe\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\notepad++.exe\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\notepad++.exe\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe\" \"%1\""

Thanks a lot for everyone!

Actually this is how I ended up solving this: replace notepad with notepad++.reg

Links I used:
windows registry - .reg file syntax to change a value - Super User
https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...s-10-a-txt.reg

How can I add notepad to the "New" context menu instead of notepad++? I am not an advanced user, and do not need notepad++ and admire notepad's simplicity and easy of use. I would like to be able to quickly right click anywhere and open notepad to create various files.